Walked toward the door of the office and saw a fellow outside organizing his trunk so I stopped to chat and intro myself. He turned out to be the Sheriff., We chatted about all things from Guinea Hens to chickens to the weather.

After chatting a bit I asked him about a name difference on my NRA gun class form from PA which is different than the one on my DL. He said no problem and that he would go in with me and get me my permit.

WOW! Just like Centre County in PA, this Sheriff seems to be extremely pro-citizen carry.

My wife has family in Decatur County. When we went out to visit couple yrs ago they had pretty much convinced the wife to move to out there. Leon...population about 2,000. I picked up an PTC application but at the time they were NJ-style May Issue. When they went Shall Issue I was all set to send in my app...but the bill eliminated non-pro non-res permits..for the most part.

My wife has family in Decatur County. When we went out to visit couple yrs ago they had pretty much convinced the wife to move to out there. Leon...population about 2,000. I picked up an PTC application but at the time they were NJ-style May Issue. When they went Shall Issue I was all set to send in my app...but the bill eliminated non-pro non-res permits..for the most part.

Ended up 3 miles outside Fostoria:Clay County
Population in 2011: 231. Population change since 2000: +0.4%

And about 6 miles from downtown Spencer:Clay County
Population in 2011: 11,220. Population change since 2000: -0.9%

Curmudgeon;101773 Wrote:PICS! We need pics of this strange place you call Iowa.

There are pre-ownership pics at link below. I will get some new pics up soon. Place is really empty being that we really do not own many things. We are hitting up garage sales every chance we get to add afordable necessities.

Curmudgeon;101773 Wrote:PICS! We need pics of this strange place you call Iowa.

There are pre-ownership pics at link below. I will get some new pics up soon. Place is really empty being that we really do not own many things. We are hitting up garage sales every chance we get to add afordable necessities.

Yes, I saw those, looks like a very neat place to make your own. Obviously not right away, but maybe soon, pics looking away from your property, or around the town. You already have one pic looking away from the house and it looks beautiful out there, even in the snow and ice.

Have fun with it. We're jealous.

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